--- On Sat, 1/16/10, David Scheidt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mecha simply can't be armored enough to be useful on a
> high-tech
> battlefield: their volume to surface area ratio sucks too
> badly.

One can argue that tanks can't be armored well enough to withstand attacks in 
the future, either. Top armor is vulnerable to pop-up missiles and the belly to 
mines.

Again, protuction by ECM, not steel.

> High center of gravity, high ground pressure is a bad
> combination.  And
> you'll need cranes to do the recoveries, and not just a big
> winch.

An arm is a crane ...
 
Brandon 



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